Fardous El-Sakka had been doing shift work at Kunskapsskolan in Helsingborg, southern Sweden, since August. The 20-year-old, who is Muslim, chose not to shake hands with her male colleagues for religious reasons, instead opting to put her hand on her heart and bow.
When one of the male staff members took offence over her not shaking hands with him, El-Sakka was called to a meeting with the school’s principal.
She was told that staff members are required to conform to the institution’s values if they want to work there, which include gender equality.
“The man felt tremendously discriminated against by her,” Helsingborg Kunskapsskolan principal Lidija Münchmeyer told Swedish newspaper Expressen.
It's a sign of disrespect, if your religion is getting in way of common decency in the country you're living in you should either conform or quit, so I'm glad she did. She did the right choice and the school's policy is just and righteous
also, i don't see the problem here. who else than teachers should practise and teach gender equality? it's her belief that she's not allowed to touch half of the population, so she decided to quit. she wasn't even fired.
idk what to think about this. Like, you should respect customs at your workplace, but on the other hand having to leave your job because of something like this...
It's a sign of disrespect, if your religion is getting in way of common decency in the countryyou're living in you should either conform or quit, so I'm glad she did. She did the right choice and the school's policy is just and righteous